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It goes without saying, but Anzac Day is one of the best rugby league days of the year. It’s a special time when we get to remember and celebrate...
As huge as a football field is, there is nowhere to hide. Television cameras zoom in; key moments are replayed and scrutinised on split-second...
Looks like another one has hit the dust. And this time, it just might be me. After decades of believing that romantic love is the essence of life –...
NRL players are being challenged to process the avalanche of rule changes coming out of Rugby League Central in recent years. There have been too...
Donald Trump has been letting loose on his Truth Social network of late, disparaging prosecutors, the judge and potential witnesses in the...
The same old problems are standing in the way of a grand new flag for Melbourne. Simon Goodwin and his coaches could chuckle at how his Demons...
The narrow economic path that the Reserve Bank and federal government have been walking for the past two years has just got even more slender. In a...
Last week, Defence Minister Richard Marles used a speech to outline a huge increase in spending across our military services. The real takeaway to...
Most people in Melbourne probably consider changing your coffee order about as honourable as changing your footy colours because your team are...
Another Anzac Day. Just as it has been for the last 11 decades, many emotions will resonate – reverence, respect and remembrance. I submit that,...
Two weeks ago, Anthony Albanese travelled to Brisbane and scandalised the nation’s policy and media elite by announcing a new wave of economic...
There is an interesting contrast between the first-quarter results of two of the world’s biggest automakers, and it says a lot about the state of...
What kind of message is sent when Australia’s largest oil and gas company, Woodside, receives a record-breaking vote against its climate report...
Just 18 months ago Robbie Cooke walked through the front doors of casino operator Star Entertainment to reform a company which – in his words –...
I’m in my 30s and recently got divorced. This is the first time I’m managing my own finances. While I’ve always earned an income, previously my...
“So, I bought an abandoned house.” This is how almost every post on 28-year-old Jenna Phipps’ Instagram account has started since February 1,...
The Anzac spirit – especially the resonance of mateship, endurance and courage – settled over the United States Congress this week. Anzac is a...
Elon Musk’s legal team revealed a curious problem for the billionaire when they told an Australian court on Monday night that they could not get...
There’s a joke about the economist who thought he saw a $20 note on the ground but didn’t reach down for it because he knew that, if there had...
A saving of $4000 in one year was enough to convince Jarrod Purchase that he did not need a car. After selling his car, Purchase found he could...
I am a single woman in my 40s, never married and with no children. Is it necessary for me to have a will? My understanding is, when I die, my...
Your cost of aged care is means tested so it defies logic that you would artificially inflate your wealth, but it is happening all around the...
The “halving” of bitcoin last week has produced a relatively modest rise in its price. It has also led to a huge spike in the cost of bitcoin...
Whether by coincidence or design the NSW casino regulator has given Barangaroo’s Crown Sydney a gold star and reinstated its full licence just as...
With the end of the financial year approaching, it is a good time to start gathering receipts to make sure you claim every dollar to which you are...
Dear Arj Barker, We have never met. I’ve never seen you perform live, and I detest stand-up comedy, so I couldn’t say whether your routine...
His economy is growing, he faces no criminal charges – unlike his opponent – and his fund-raising is going well. Yet Joe Biden’s battle for...
International travel is booming as people take advantage of slightly reduced fares and the northern hemisphere summer. This, of course, raises the...
The Prime Minister’s current pilgrimage on the Kokoda Track – which will culminate in him making an address at the Anzac Day Dawn Service at...
Leaving port, loaded to the gills, the MV Dali struck Baltimore’s bridge. Girders crumpled. The freeway buckled, slumped like rubber. Six onsite...
In the 19th century, French novelist Alexandre Dumas wrote: “The chains of marriage are so heavy that it takes two to bear them … sometimes...
Accusing the Australian government of censorship, Elon Musk and his company X – formerly Twitter – has vowed to challenge the take-down order from...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. On Anzac Day 1992, prime minister Paul Keating famously got on his knees to kiss a...
Here’s a question for you: should people in the audience at writers festivals be allowed to ask questions? The Melbourne Writers Festival thinks...
America’s credibility never has recovered from Barack Obama’s “red-line” ultimatum to Syria’s dictator. When Bashar al-Assad proceeded to...
In just seven trading days, the “Magnificent Seven” of the US sharemarket lost just over $US1 trillion ($1.7 trillion) of their market value...
There is no keener symbolism of the woes of Elon Musk’s Tesla than the fact it was overtaken in size last Friday by America’s largest oil...
Assumptions about the next election need to be thrown aside now that Labor is so clearly losing the fight to hold wavering voters. The long slide...
Outside my Washington office, there is a picture of the Slovenian Sphinx visiting the Egyptian Sphinx, taken during a 2018 photoshoot in Giza nine...
Peter Dutton’s elevation to the Liberal Party leadership introduced a nuclear twist to the climate wars that have roiled Australian politics for...
To be fair, there were extenuating circumstances. And you couldn’t really ask for much more in the way of extenuation from this particular set of...
Peter Wright left Sydney’s Harry Cunningham dazed with a controversial heavy bump in round two, which in turn left the Bombers’ forward dealing...
Work, for me, is one of the greatest joys in life. It’s exhausting, and there are certainly days I’d rather be out in the sun playing soccer, but...
Instagram is abuzz with news that comedian Arj Barker ceased his performance at the International Comedy Festival a few minutes in to publicly...
North Melbourne may need to contemplate trading the No.1 pick again – if that scenario eventuates – to address their extreme key-position shortage...
WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for the Netflix series Baby Reindeer In the wake of the surprise success of Baby Reindeer, a show...
One of life’s stranger ironies is that the older we get, the younger we feel. Sadly, I don’t mean in a physical sense. Skin and tendons rarely...
Two days after Federal Court justice Michael Lee found former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann had raped his then-colleague Brittany Higgins in a...
Geelong will play against the best forward pairing in the competition without the best defender in the competition. It’s not ideal. The impact of...
As the horrific violence of last week spilled online and worked its way through too many people’s social media feeds, attention has turned towards...
Picture this: there I was, enjoying a beer with my friend Hugh when he dropped a bombshell. Hugh was uncomfortable with the amount of gossiping and...
I was reminded last week of the Russian critic Viktor Shklovsky’s explanation of how Tolstoy made old things seem fresh. On the subject of flogging,...
When Foreign Minister Penny Wong recently canvassed the possibility of Australia recognising Palestinian statehood, it predictably provoked a...
Picture this: A mum with two children under five wants to return to work part-time after separating from her partner. The first step in returning...
The normally unflappable Roosters coach Trent Robinson has been left rattled by personal attacks after his public backing of Michael Jennings....